Nasolabial Folds
The smile line that stays put when your face is still.
Nasolabial folds are the creases running from the side of the nose to the corner of the mouth. Everyone has them, and they deepen with age as the cheek above loses volume and the skin loses collagen. The fold that stays visible at rest is the one treatment addresses.
Nasolabial Folds
The smile line that stays put when your face is still.
Nasolabial folds are the creases running from the side of the nose to the corner of the mouth. Everyone has them, and they deepen with age as the cheek above loses volume and the skin loses collagen. The fold that stays visible at rest is the one treatment addresses.
CONCERN & CAUSES
Why Nasolabial Folds Deepen
Smile lines are softened by rebuilding support above the fold: hyaluronic acid filler in the cheek, Sculptra where the whole midface has thinned, and skin treatment where the crease is etched. The crease marks where the cheek meets the upper lip, and it deepens as that support thins and slides down.
01
Midface Volume Loss
Cheek fat sits in pads, and those pads shrink and slide downward over the years. Skin that once lay over a full, high cheek now drapes over a smaller base, and the fold underneath reads deeper.
02
A Crease That Stops Releasing
Skin creases at the same spot thousands of times a day and used to flatten out again afterward. As its collagen and elastin thin, that recovery gets slower and less complete each year, until the crease no longer flattens out after the laugh.
03
Bone Remodeling
The upper jaw and cheekbone that hold the midface up slowly change shape with age. As that bony platform pulls back, everything sitting on it follows, and the smile line reads heavier and more shadowed.
04
Static Versus Dynamic Folds
A line that shows up only while you laugh is dynamic, and it means your face moves well. Treatment belongs to the static fold, the one still visible in a resting photograph.
Keeping the Result Between Visits After Treatment
Filler holds better when the skin over it is strong. No cream lifts a static fold the way midface work does, but steady home care keeps skin quality even while the support underneath does its job.
Keep Pressure Off
Treat Daily
Wash With a Light Hand
Support Collagen
Protect Daily
Recommended Skincare Protocol
SkinBetter rejuvenating serums
SkinBetter Science is stocked at both offices for skin quality at home. Which formula suits you is decided at your appointment, based on what your skin already tolerates and how etched the crease has become. These serums support the collagen and elastin that thin with age.
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FAQ
Common Questions About
Nasolabial Fold Treatment
No. Some degree of smile line is normal at every age, and a face with none of it stops looking like a face you know. What can be done is to soften the fold and bring back the support above it, so the midface looks rested.
The fold sits where the cheek meets the upper lip, so it marks the junction of two structures. Filling it heavily can leave a puffy ridge while the real change, volume lost higher in the cheek, goes untreated. Restoring cheek volume above the fold softens the line more evenly.
Hyaluronic acid filler placed in the midface is built to last many months, often close to a year, depending on how quickly your body breaks it down. Sculptra builds collagen gradually, so its result comes on over months, and how long that result is expected to hold is discussed at your consultation.
Mild swelling and the odd small bruise across the cheeks for a few days is the usual picture, and makeup covers it well. Serious filler complications are rare, but because the midface carries blood vessels, call the office about unusual pain, a change in skin color, or any change in vision. Mention an upcoming event at your consultation so timing can be planned.
Filler is placed in the cheek in small amounts, and the result is reviewed at a follow-up visit, with more placed only if it is needed. In photographs that reads as softer shadowing across the midface and a more rested expression.
Usually no, and that should be reassuring. A line that deepens only when you laugh is doing what expression is meant to do. Treatment goes to folds that sit there at rest. If yours deepens only with expression, the consultation covers what suits it.
Dermal filler runs $750 to $900 per syringe, and Sculptra is $850 per vial or syringe. How much you need depends on how much support the midface has lost and whether the cheek alone is treated or the area around it as well. If microneedling with PRP is added for skin quality, microneedling is $400 with $200 to $500 more for the PRP. Your consultation is complimentary, there is no deposit, and you leave with the plan and the cost before you book treatment.
It depends on what is driving your fold. Where the cheek has emptied, the structural work goes first and skin treatment follows once that has healed. Where the crease is etched into thin, sun-damaged skin, microneedling with PRP is often the better starting point. The sequence is set at your consultation.
It helps with skin quality. Firmer, well-protected skin drapes more evenly over the support beneath it, so the fold reads softer between visits. Daily sunscreen matters most, because UV breaks down the collagen holding the midface up. A short SkinBetter Science routine is usually enough alongside in-office work.
Hyaluronic acid filler adds the volume on the day, so the change is visible when you leave. Sculptra asks your own collagen to build it, which arrives over months and comes on gradually. The choice follows how much structure has gone and how soon you want to see it.